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Syrian President Assad visits troops on Ghouta’s front line
Middle East
March 19, 2018
Syrian President Assad visits troops on Ghouta’s front line
Syrian President Bashar Assad visited troops Sunday on the front line in the newly captured areas of eastern Ghouta, near…
Turkey says its forces take control of Syrian town of Afrin
Middle East
March 18, 2018
Turkey says its forces take control of Syrian town of Afrin
Turkey’s president said Sunday that allied Syrian forces have taken “total” control of the town center of Afrin, the target…
Syria: More than 10,000 people flee eastern Ghouta as fighting intensifies
Middle East
March 18, 2018
Syria: More than 10,000 people flee eastern Ghouta as fighting intensifies
Russian military spokesman Vladimir Zolotukhin said at least 11,000 people have fled the besieged area of eastern Ghouta in Syria…
Syria: Al-Qaida and IS increasingly lose territory to Assad
Middle East
March 18, 2018
Syria: Al-Qaida and IS increasingly lose territory to Assad
With Syria’s civil war now in its eighth year, the “Islamic State” (IS) and al-Qaida — two of the most…
Air strikes on Syria’s Ghouta kill 30 civilians: monitor
Middle East
March 17, 2018
Air strikes on Syria’s Ghouta kill 30 civilians: monitor
Air strikes on Eastern Ghouta killed at least 30 civilians on Saturday, a monitor said, almost a month into a…
Civilians flee as two big Syria battles enter decisive phases
Middle East
March 17, 2018
Civilians flee as two big Syria battles enter decisive phases
Thousands of civilians were fleeing from besieged enclaves at opposite ends of Syria on Friday as two major battles in…
Syria’s Afrin cut off from water, thousands displaced
Middle East
March 14, 2018
Syria’s Afrin cut off from water, thousands displaced
Water to Syria’s Afrin town has been cut for a week, the United Nations said on Wednesday, after Turkish troops…
Turkey’s Erdogan says hopes Syria’s Afrin town to be captured by Wednesday evening
Middle East
March 14, 2018
Turkey’s Erdogan says hopes Syria’s Afrin town to be captured by Wednesday evening
President Tayyip Erdogan said he hoped Turkey’s military and its rebel allies would completely capture the northern Syrian town of…
Al-Qaida in Syria losing ground in battles with insurgents
Middle East
March 14, 2018
Al-Qaida in Syria losing ground in battles with insurgents
For the first time since its meteoric rise in 2012 amid the chaos of war, al-Qaida’s branch in Syria is…
Syrian refugee baby gets life-saving surgery, others wait
Middle East
March 14, 2018
Syrian refugee baby gets life-saving surgery, others wait
Sara al-Matoura watched through a window as her one-year-old daughter’s chest heaved up and down under a tangle of medical…